Cano is entering the final season of a deal signed in February of 2008 and will make $15 million before hitting the open market as a free agent.

While an extension seems highly unlikely because Cano is represented by Scott Bor-ass Boras, a man known to loathe the very idea of letting a player (let alone a stud like Cano) bypass testing the market in their prime, because it’s the Bombers and their deep wallets this shouldn’t come as the least bit of a surprise.

Now the conventional thinking among Yankees fans is going to go something like this gem I pulled off a sports forum thread today:

“If they let Cano walk because of some piddling, luxury tax-inspired lowball offer the Yankees deserve to come in last place in 2014.”

I am not going to lie, I disagree. I mean I really disagree.

This, my friends, is one of those horror movie moments where the Yankees, playing the role of the recently sexed up camp counselor, has to decide if they really want to go outside and investigate that strange sound they heard.

He has missed a total of twelve (12) games the last six (6) seasons and gives you a 300+ average, 30ish HRs and 100+ RBIs from a position that typically doesn’t give you those kind of numbers, second base.

But you want to know the biggest reason why they should think long and hard about giving him anything more than say five or six years?

It’s because he plays second base.

Don’t believe me?

Let’s look at a Hall of Famer and one of the greatest 2B’s to ever play the game, Roberto Alomar.